hook shot

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A shot in which the offensive player gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head.
2. 2
   A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height; a hook.
3. 3
   Synonym of hook (“a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left”).
4. 4
   Synonym of hook (“shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side”).